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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

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Russia, Syria Daily using Cluster Bombs in Attacks: HRW

Russia, Syria Daily using Cluster Bombs in Attacks: HRW

Human Rights Watch | – – (Beirut) – The Syrian-Russian joint military operation in Syria has included the use of internationally banned cluster munitions in […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Is Netanyahu Readying the next Israeli Assault on Blockaded Gaza?

Is Netanyahu Readying the next Israeli Assault on Blockaded Gaza?

By: Ramzy Baroud | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – It is not true that only three wars have taken place since Hamas won parliamentary […]

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Africa
Kaj Larsen Gives a Debriefing on Boko Haram (Vice)

Kaj Larsen Gives a Debriefing on Boko Haram (Vice)

Kaj Larsen gives a view into the workings of the infamous Nigerian Islamist group, Boko Haram

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Israel frets about "Iran as Neighbor" if Aleppo falls & al-Assad Regime Wins

Israel frets about “Iran as Neighbor” if Aleppo falls & al-Assad Regime Wins

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – An Arabic site that aggregates Facebook and other social media postings reports that Israeli officials are […]

Juan Cole

Republican Party
Would Trump or Cruz be worst President ever?  & Why Jimmy Carter's Answer will Surprise you

Would Trump or Cruz be worst President ever? & Why Jimmy Carter’s Answer will Surprise you

By Ana Kasparian & John Iadarola | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “Who would be worse for America as President, Donald Trump […]

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Militarization
After 14 Years it sinks in:  Maybe US is just not Good at Asian Counter-Insurgency

After 14 Years it sinks in: Maybe US is just not Good at Asian Counter-Insurgency

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Here’s my twenty-first-century rule of thumb about this country: if you have to say it over and […]

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Israel/ Palestine
European Union rebukes Israel for home demolitions, squatter settlement expansion in Palestine

European Union rebukes Israel for home demolitions, squatter settlement expansion in Palestine

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The European Union on Saturday called on Israel to stop demolishing Palestinian homes in the occupied […]

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Republican Party
Parable of the Elephant  (GOP Pathologies)

Parable of the Elephant (GOP Pathologies)

Paul Jamiol | ( Jamiol’s World Cartoon ) | – – Via Jamiol’s World . Wikipedia notes: “Rumi, the 13th Century Persian poet and teacher […]

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5 Worst Foreign Policy Moments of GOP New Hampshire Debate

5 Worst Foreign Policy Moments of GOP New Hampshire Debate

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The New Hampshire GOP debate’s most charged moments were probably more domestic, as with Chris Christie […]

Juan Cole

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